Trolley-conductor hanger



mgm., w23. 1,464,535 J. P. L.. MOGIVERN TROLLEY CONDUCTOR HANGER Filed Feb. 26, 1921 INVENTOR A Jaksgwrw .4 y' Y l if" Y ATTORNEY Patented Ang. 14, 31.923.

narran sra JAMES P. L. LIGCTIVERN, 0F NILKINSBURQ PENNSYLVANA, ASSIGINOR TO WESTING- HOUSE ELECTRIC 85 liI-.NUFACTURING COMPANY, A. CORPORATION OF PENNSYL-- VANIA.

TROLLEY-CONDUCTOR HANGER.

Application filed February I26, 1921. Serial No. 448,103.

To all wiz-0m t may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES l?. L. Mo- GIvnRN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wilkinsburg, in the county yof Allegheny and'State of Pennsylvania, have invented' a new and useful Improvement 1n Trolley-Conductor Hangers, of which the :tollowingisa specication.

My invention relates to conductor-supporting devices and particularly to devices for supporting trolley conductors.

One object of my invention is to provide a device of vthe above indicated' character l that shall be simple andpdurable in construction, economical in manufacture and eilective in operation. v

Another object of my invention isY to provide a pressed-metal, conductor-gripping jaw member having a portion formed to substantially tubular shape for the reception of a hanger rod that is laterally bent at one end to prevent its withdrawal from4 the tubular portion. j y

Another object of my invention is to provide a pair ot co-operating, conductor-gripping'jaw members anda hanger rod of sub-V stantially inverted U-shape having its lower ends reversely bent and disposed in planes at-substantiallyrightangles to the plane of the; looped or closed portion of the rod Yfor rigid'attachment to the j aw members.

` In practicing` my invention, I provide a pair of relativelythin sheet metal jaw members that, in one preliminary stage of construction, may each be of substantially flat T-shape having "a relatively wide middle leg. The latter is pressed to provide a longitudinal groove or conductor-gripping jaw portion along its bottom edge. Thel oppovsiterends of the cross portion of the T are reversely rolled orbent on the outsideof the jaws to form substantiallyparallel tubular portions. A hanger rod ofsubstantially inverted rU-shape has each of its lower ends bent toprovide substantially parallelv'portions disposed in the tubularportions of one of the jaw members. The jaw members are secured infposition'on a conductor by a bolt l orscrew thatfextends transversely there- Figure 1 of 'the accompanying drawings is a side view ot anconductorsupporting deivice constructed in accordance lwith my. in-

vention, showing portions of a messenger cable and a conductor with which itmay be associated anda dotted outline of one of the jaw members in a preliminary stage of construction. v

Fig. 2 is a view, partially in elevation and partially in section, taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view taken along the vline III-III of Fig. 1 and y k Fig. l is a bottom view o' the device .as

shownin Fig. 2 with vthe supporting con-f ductor indicated in broken lines for clearness.

A device constructed in accordance with my invention comprises, ign general, a pair of complementary pressed-'metal `ears orjaw members l and 2, having lower edge portions 3 for gripping a trolley conductor l in a usual manner, and a hanger rod 5 of substantially inverted U-shape through the upper portion of which a messenger cable 6 extends.

The jaw members Y cut from flats'heet metal'to substantially T-shape, as indicated by the dotted outline of Fig. 1, each having a relatively wide middie leg across the bottom of which the portions 3 are formed, as by pressing, and portions 7 constituting they cross of the T that are, afterwards. bentor rolled to form substantiallyr parallel tubular' sockets or portions 8. Raised portions 9A and 10, thelat-r on the conductor 4. .l

' The rod 5, havingits upper portion 12 in 1 and 2'may be initiallyv adapted to hold the members in position Y a plane substantially at right angles to the conductor l and the cable 6, hasflower vend portions'13that are reversely bent with' "respect to Vthe longitudinal axis of the rodl and are also bent into parallelV planes at substantially right langles tothe plane ofthe. portion 12. l*This Yconstruction provides each' of the end'portions .13'with two sections 14.l for'disposition in the tubular portions 8 that' are formed byl being bent around the sections 14Y after the latter are placed vin position. The'p'orti'ons 13 of the rod 5.,Vwhile similar, are oppositely disposed withy respect to the longitudinal axis of the conductor 6 and have oppositely'extending eXtreme-end portions 15. y

The portions 3, 9, 10 and turned edges 16,

- t-hat extend betweenVV the portions 8 and the thev appended claims.

I claiml as my invention v l. A conductor-supporting device comprisingV a plurality yof conductor-gripping jaw members, each .having a plurality ofv hanger-receiving sockets thereon, and a hanger member having an end thereof extending' through said sockets and having a. bent portion to prevent the Withdrawal of the hanger member from s aid sockets.

y2. A conductor-supporting' device comprising a plurality of' conductor-gripping jaw members, eachV having a plural-ity of hanger-receiving portions, and ay hanger member having one end twisted through tivo of said 'portions to prevent Withdrawal l therefrom.

. said. portion and therefrom.'

3. A conductor-supporting device comprising aplurality of relatively-thin metal, conductor-gripping jaw members each having a plurality of integral `hanger-receiving socket portions, and a hanger rod eX- tending through sai'd sockets and having a laterally bent portion to prevent Withdrawal 4L. A conductor-supporting device comprising Va pluralityl of pressed-metal, conductor-grippingfjaivmembers, having an integral portion bentto substantially tubular form, and a hanger rod extending through having a bent end to prevent Withdrawal from said portion.

5. A conductor-supporting device comprising a pair of complementary, pressedkmetal, conductor-gripping jaw members each having'an integral portion bent to sub-fv stan"tial1y tubnlarform, and a hanger rod ofl substantially inverted U-shape having one endsecured in each lof said'tubular portions.y

(3f-A conductor-supporting device comv l prising a'. pairofy complementary, pressedy nmet'al, conductor-gripping j avv members. each'v V having aliintegral Vportion bent to substantially tubular form andav hangerV rodv of substantially inverted. U-shape having onev end in each of said tubular portions and.

i Shpd to prevent vWithdrawal therefrom..` e5

7. A conductor-supporting device vcomchanges mayV Vsubstantially inverted tachment to tivo of the bent Vportions of said prising a pairV prising a pair of complementary, pressedmetal, conductorgrippinglaw members each having an integral portion bent to substantially tubular form, anda hangenrod Vof substantially inverted U-shape. having one end-inea-ch of said tubular portions and laterally bent vto prevent Withdrawal therefrom. p Y 8. A conductor-supporting. device comprising a` plurality of pressed-metal,.conductor-gripping jaw members each having a pair of integral portions bent kto'substantiallyytubular form and a hanger rod 'havingl a portion "secured` in each of said tubular portions. 9. A conductor-suppo rtingV device com prising a plurality of pressed-metal, conduetor-gripping j aw members eachhaving a pair of integral portions bent to lsubstantially tubular form and diSpQSed in substantiallyA parallel relation, and a hanger rod' having a reversely bent portion extending through both of said-tubular' portions.

10. Aconductor-supporting device comv prising a pair of complementary,pressedmetal, conductor-grippingjaw members each having a pair of integral portions bent, to, substantially tubular form, and' a hanger rod of substantially inverted U-'sh'ap'e having'reversely Ibent ends r'each of which erl- 95 tends 'through each of vthe `tubular portions..

"11. A. conductor-supporting device comprising a pair oflponductor-gripping jaw members and a hanger rod`of substantially: inverted ALal-shape havingfreversely'bentlower 109 ends disposed inplanes. at substantially righ-t y angles tothe planeof the looped portionof. the rod land securedV ydirectly to .the jaw members. A

12. In a conductor-supporting device, the combinationl vvitha messenger cable. and a conductor, of apair of conductor-gripping jaw members' each having a pluralityof integral bent. portions, `andfa hanger-'rod of U-shape 'having its 110 closed or looped end disposed around the messenger cable and Vits free ends V each bentt to provide a relatively Wide portionfor aft-- javv members.

13'. A conductor-supporting;device. coniprising arpair of pressed-metal cond Ureter-VY gripping ears, one of Which-is provi-dedvvithv an intermediate raised portion for the lreception of a holding member and a plurality ofl end liange portions, anda -holding`-mem-- ber forsecuring Saidfears togethein f 14. Aff conductor-supporting v deviceY Clona-V prising a pair of pressed-metal. k'conohictor.-y

gripping`V`V ears f mounted. .back-to-:bafck I of outwardly'projecting:' 3

having a plurality reinforcing ribs or ends.; Y 15. :conductor-supporting :device leonaraisedpertions at! their of' pressed-'metal conductozf- .1.3.0

gripping ears having outwardly turned or yportion for the reception of ahanger, rein- 10 raised edge flanges for reinforcing the same. forcing edges extending between said upper 16. f A conductor-supporting device comportion and said lower edge, a holding memprisi'ng apeir of conductor-gripping ears of ber for holding the ears in operative posi- 5 relatively thin metal, one of which is protion and a hanger for supporting the device.

vided with a pressedlower conduotor-grp- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 15 ping edge, an intermediate apertured raised subscribed my name this 21st day of Februportion for the reception of a holding memary, 1921. ber sindv for reinforcing the ear, an upper JAMES l?. L. MOG-IVERN. 

